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Floating point operations per …?

FLOP = FLoating point OPeration, akin to the work that needs to be done (which could be measured in Joule)

FLOPS = FLoating point Operations Per Second, akin to the power of a given machine (which could be measured in Watt = Joule per second)

A task of W FLOP on a machine capable of P FLOPS will take T=W/P seconds. Or, a machine capable of executing a task of W FLOP in T seconds is capable of P=W/T FLOPS.

TL;DR: 1 FLOPS = 1 FLOP/sec

Floating Point Operations Per Second [1]

[1] https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/FLOPS

> One should speak in the singular of a FLOPS and not of a FLOP, although the latter is frequently encountered. The final S stands for second and does not indicate a plural.

The author of this post seems to have fallen for this error.

I think their point was that the p stood for "per", not for the second letter of "operation".

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